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Jeremy White wore an elegant black suit, including black shirt and tie, as he took the witness stand Monday, beginning 7 hours of testimony in his assault and conspiracy-to-riot trial.
The Black soldiers — Allen Leftridge and Frank Glenn — were challenged by a White sergeant, according to a witness. When a White armed guard arrived, he fatally shot the two men.
In 1944, the city of Durham, N.C., was riveted by the killing of a Black soldier – and the trial of the white bus driver who shot him. The soldier is now being honored with a historical marker.
Note: This op-ed contains spoilers for ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.’ As a lifelong comic book fan, I see a Black Captain America as a long-overdue revolution in popular culture – one ...
The 1st Rhode Island was a segregated unit, with white officers and separate companies designated for black and white Soldiers. It was the Continental Army's only segregated unit, though.
Out of 180,000 Black troops that served the Union Army, only 17 soldiers were in that photo album. And among that handful who were photographed was Hiram White.
It's the 80th anniversary of a little-known battle — by Black U.S. soldiers against segregation in the military. They were convicted of mutiny. Villagers in England want them exonerated.